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C. E. GAREY WINDOW SHUTIER.

Patented Apr. 4,1882.

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WINDOW-SHUTTER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,848, dated April 4,1852.

Application filed September 1, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, CALEB E. GAREY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements inWindow-Shutters, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe same.i

This invention relates to shutters for windows, and more particularly1to that class of shutters constructed for use in railroadcars, where thedesirability of raising the shutter clear ot' the window-space isgreatest. The improvements effected consist in a peculiar constructionof shutter, wherebyitis rendered flexible, so as to readily follow acurved guideway, and thus enable it to be raised with its -lower edgeabove the window-space.

proved shutter, said view alsoshowing a portion of a lining-board, 30,and head-lining 31, belonging to the car-body. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional elevation of Athe same on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the rear of a portion of the shutter detached. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional elevation ofthe shutter, taken on the line w w ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line:rx ofFig. 3; and Fig. G illustrates by perspective views the shape ofthe edges of the slats, one of said slats being turned upside down forthat purpose.

In its general features the shutter is composed of a series ofhorizontal slats, 20, that are superposed one upon another and conlinedbetween a rectangular top rail, 11, and a horizontal bottom rail, 13,which slats and rails are provided with tenons, as 2, at their oppositeends, (see Fig. 6,) which enter mortises in (No model.)

the stiles 12, to which they are secured by means of staplesS, as inFig.5, or in any common way. This shutter is arranged to slide up anddown in ways provided for it to run in between the side pillars orposts, 32, orit may be in grooves 5 formed therein, said ways or groovesbeing constructed a distance inward from the ways or groovesin saidposts in which thewindow slides. This shutteris, moreover, constructedso as to be flexible, and thus capable of being raised up and lowereddown in a curved guideway--such, vfor instance, as is shown in thedrawings, which represent the shutter applied to a railroad-car-andwhich' curved guideway is constituted by continuing the grooves 5 upinto the carlings or roof-rafters 7; or it may be provided in separatepieces, continuing said grooves in a curved course between the roof34and its head-lining 31, a suitable opening being made in the plate 6 toallow for the passage of the shutter through it. The constructionaffording this flexible character is as follows: The stiles 12 aredivided transversely at points that intersect the meeting edges ot'adjacent slats, said severed portions ofthe stiles being heldin contactwith each other by means ot' a thin` flexible strip of metal, 16, thatlines their inner faces, and which is secured thereto by the staples 3,which pass through them and are headed i down, as at 22. Each slat andits separated portion of the stile is thus secured at both ends to themetal strip, whereby the edges of the slats are held in contact to forma continuous shutter. The several slats are thus held in contact andrigidly supported from distortion or being thrown out of square, for thereason that the lower ends of the metallic strips 16 are fastened by thelower ends of the stiles 12 to the bottom rail, 13; and the upper endsof said metallic strips 16 are in like manner fastened to the top rail,11. Furthermore, these metallic strips, being of springy metal, will,through their exibility, readily bend and follow any curvature which theguideway may have, the divided stiles readily following any curve andcarrying the slats with them in the proper direction. acter of the metalstrips 16 will also operate to cause the divided stiles to impinge uponthe sides of the guideway, whether the same be rLhe flexible or springchar-y IOO straight or curved, in such a manner as to maintain theshutter at any point to which it may be moved, thus enabling it tosustain itseltin a partially or wholly raised position. v

It is manifest 'that a flexible shutter so constructed 'may have aconsiderable portion of its lowerl end made rigid, as in Fig. 3, whensuch portion is not required to follow a curved guideway, which isaccomplished by simply omitting the dividing cuts severing its stilesthroughout any desired distance or number of slats at its lon er end;and when the lower end is thus lelt rigid it will be unnecessary tocontinue the iexible strips 1G to anyextent beyond that reqnir. d tosecure such strips to the rigid parts.

A shutter thuseonstructedfmay cover a window completely, and be raisedto such a height as to wholly unobstruct the window-space, which is anadvantage very desirable in a railroad-car, where the windows arenecessarily contracted.

Window-shutters as commonly constructed are made ot' slats at an angle,the edge ofone slat overlapping another; but such constructions affordslight recesses between the slats, which admit dust and cinders, andtherel'ore serve ineft'ectually as guards other than protections againstthe sunlight.

One object of this invention is to so construct the shutter as toovercome this disagreeable feature, especially in railroad-car-windowshutters, and the same is accomplished by the following construction:

Each slat 20 is provided on its lower outer side with a longitudinallip, 4, behind which is formed a groove, S, which groove tits or seatsitself upon a curved tongue, 9, that is provided on the upper outer edgeof such slat, behind which tongue a recess, 1, is formed by the ogeeform of the edge when the slats are seated one upon another, whichtongue 9 enters the groove 8 of the slat above it, and has its outerface overlaid by the lip 4, thus providing a ixed seat and overlappingguard between adjacent slats, preventing the slats separating upon anypressure applied to them, andforming practically an even and tight jointthat will prevent the passage of dust and cinders.

The top rail, 11, will have a construction like the under edge oftheslat, and the upper edge ofthe bottom rail will have a construction likethe upper edge of the slats, so that throughout the shutter eachhorizontal joint will be tight. Stich a construction of slats alsoadmits of their oscillating movements upon each other without breakingor separating theirjoints, while permitting them to readily follow thecurvature of the guideway 5, the tongues 9 acting as knuckles and thegrooves S as curved seats. rlhe tenons 2 at the ends ot' each slat inthis particular construction will 'be set at an angle, as shown in Fig.6, so as to produce the general effect ot' overlapping slats, such airangement causing the slats to stand at angles with respect to eachother.

It is apparent that, instead of single metallic strips 16 at the rear ofeach stile, each two or more adjacent sections of the stiles might beconnected by independent strips of spring metal, or that the flexiblestrips might be placed on the slats themselves and the object of thispart of my invention be fully car ried out. Y

The following is claimed:

l. A teXible window-shutter consisting ot' top and bottom rails andintervening slats united together by stiles that are divided so as torender the whole ora portion of the slats capable of an oscillatingmovement, said divided portions being connected byv flexible metallicstrips, substantially as described.

2. The combination ot' a Window-shutter having divided stiles connectedby flexible strips with a frame-work provided with curved guideways,substantially as described.

3. A exible windowshutter consisting of d top and bottom rails andintervening slats, the meeting edges whereof are provided withknucklejoints, which rails and slats are secured to stiles that aredivided transversely and connected together by means ot flexiblemetallic strips, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand inthe presence of twosubscribing wit` nesses.

GALEB E. GAREY.

Witnesses:

BRADLEY N. PHELPs, GEO. H. GRAHAM. f

